Japan qualified for the Olympics and Venezuela was left with no chances

The Asian National Team is the third team to qualify for the Olympic Games; Venezuela, who went 0-5, missed the playoffs.

At the end of the activity in group M, for places 17 to 32, the World Cup left us with more surprises. Japan defeated Cape Verde on the final day and with this result qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Japanese joined Australia (for Oceania) and South Sudan (for Africa). For its part, Venezuela bid farewell to the World Cup with a loss to Finland, and closed their participation with a record of 0-5.

The third passenger in the Olympic Games

A game that began to take a definite course from the second quarter. Asians know that the outcome of this conflict determines their future; And they don’t want to miss the opportunity. With a slight 33-18 in the second ten minutes; He managed to escape the scoreboard. The dynamics continued after the locker room and they finally managed to defeat the Africans 80-71.

Joshua Hawkinson finished as the team’s leading scorer with 29 points; with 9/14 in his personal form. He also contributed 7 rebounds and 4 assists; total 37 values. Keisei Tominaga accompanied them with 22 points, while Yuki Kawamura completed the offensive trident with 14 points and 8 assists in 28 minutes.

Cape Verde shared their goalscoring a little more. Edy Tavares finished with double double figures, with 11 points (despite low efficiency, with 3/11 shooting from the field) and 14 rebounds in 32 minutes on the court. Shane Da Rosa also finished with 11. Patrick Lima and Ivan Almeida were heavy on offense, with 10 units each.

Venezuela left empty-handed

Bitter closing for Venezuela in this World Cup. The team led by Fernando Duró failed to qualify for the tournament, suffering two significant casualties and ended up bidding farewell to the tournament without tasting any success. La Vinotinto closed their participation against Finland, one of the disappointments of the tournament. The Europeans ended up weighing their ability and got the victory by 90 to 75.

Former National League player Pedro Chourio finished as Venezuela’s top scorer, with 17 points, completing his list with 7/14 on field goals. José Materán followed him with 14 points, while Garly Sojo assisted on 11 goals in nearly 19 minutes. On the Finnish side; Lauri Markkanen finished stroking the double double. The NBA’s Most Improved Player last season scored 32 points and had 9 rebounds in just 24 minutes. Sasu Salin and Elias Valtonen completed the most important offensive trident with 11 units each.

With today’s result, Venezuela has no chance of playing for a place in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. La Vinotinto was among the last five places in the tournament, so it does not have a place in the next event in July.

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